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Tis the season to be jolly. This small portion of a familiar holiday song best describes the hype of the Christmas holidays that is unique to this time of the year. The plans and preparations, the ongoing celebrations, the hustle and bustle mixed with special music, holiday menus, beautiful decorations, and the shop-til-you-drop weekends, create an air of excitement and expectation like none other. The confusing part of this time of the year stems from the moments of depression that many find themselves dealing with during the holidays. It seems as though our losses are greater and our challenges are magnified from Thanksgiving through Christmas. In spite of all the energy that is...

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Tis the season to be jolly.
This small portion of a familiar holiday song best describes the hype of the Christmas holidays that is unique to this time of the year. The plans and preparations, the ongoing celebrations, the hustle and bustle mixed with...

Once upon a time, Williamsburg's Grand Illumination was the Peninsula's undisputed champion of holiday crowds, pyrotechnics and merry-making.
Move over, colonials. Make room for Hollydazzle.
The Newport News celebration, happening Nov. 30 at City...

The holidays are here before you know it and often gone before you've had a chance to sample any of the wonderful seasonal offerings. Taking a day trip to any of these destinations will provide a quick cup of cheer.
New Market
Shadrack's Christmas...

The calendar may not read "Dec. 25" yet, but Orlando's great theme parks have made out their lists and checked them twice and are festively decked out for the holidays from mid-November on, with 70-ft. tall Christmas trees, miles of garlands,...

"No one ever seems to go in or out of that building," says Sean Wilentz, pointing out Princeton's Nassau Hall, a campus landmark old enough to have been held by the British during the Revolutionary War.
It's appropriate that this eminent...

This year's bountyof new holiday releases offers thoughts of the season from a slew of musicians, including a pair of singers who've officially "Got Talent," an "American Idol" alumnus, a neo-rockabilly hipster, a former member of an...